Lovin’ Them Pig Eags

Apparently Mocha loves him some pig ears. Guess we’ll have to buy some for Mocha when we get home.

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Cabbie’s Tail Goes Smack

While Mocha was sitting there, ready for another picture, Cabbie walks by with his happy tail. Watch out for that tail Mocha!

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Mocha Asking Where We At

We left Mocha at Melvin & Cabbie’s house for the next few days while we headed out of town. My friend took this photo of Mocha sitting by his laptop, asking where we were. hehe.

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Mocha’s Sleepover with Melvin & Cabbie

We’re leaving Mocha at Melvin & Cabbie’s house for the next few days while we head out of town. He doesn’t seem to mind too much. He loves to wrestle with Melvin & Cabbie. Especially Cabbie (pictured here).

Though it was a bit sad to leave him. Mocha started whimpering as soon as we approached the door. We could hear him as we walked back to our car too. Hopefully he won’t be as sad once he starts playing with his friends.

Bye boy! We’ll be back to get you in a few days!

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Road Trip

We love road trips. But we weren’t sure how Mocha would handle them.

After having him for just a few days, we didn’t want to leave him in a kennel or someplace alone. He still needed medication (antibiotics) for the stitches from his neutering operation, as well as plenty of tender loving care.

However, we had planned a road trip for this past weekend from Southern California to Northern California. It was to see some friends & family and wasn’t a trip we could post-phone. So we decided to take Mocha along and hope for the best.

I lined my car’s seats with water-absorbent pads and towels. We had ample dog food, water, paper towels, cleaning products, and medication on hand. Though the road trip was usually six hours, we planned for eight or more hours so we could stop often and let him out. We weren’t sure strong his bladder was and I’ll be damned if my car is going to smell like a NYC subway station (read: urine-infused).

My job was to drive there without killing us and being ready to pull over at a moment’s notice. Mia’s job was to watch Mocha and warn me of impending pee or poop.

So what happened?

Mocha was totally awesome in the car. Totally awesome. (Unfortunately, we didn’t take any pictures. Sorry.)

He slept most of the way there. We stopped roughly every two-to-three hours, which was enough for him to take his potty breaks. He ate heartily when we fed him, and peed & pooped when we stopped. Thank fricken goodness we have a car-friendly dog.

We listened to an audio CD of Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope. Mocha curled up in the back seat and passed out as soon as we popped in that CD. Perhaps Obama’s soothing voice put him to sleep? I guess Mocha is a democrat.

Surprisingly, he didn’t seem to like sticking his head out the window, even at slow speeds on side streets. (Try saying that three times fast – “slow speeds on side streets, slow speeds on side streets, slow speeds on side streets…”)

We’re now back home and sleeping in our own beds. It’s great to know that we could take off for another road trip someday and bring Mocha along though. We’ll just make sure we have another Obama CD for him.

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